Executive board
The BSAFE LAB is a research and technology transfer laboratory within the University of Beira Interior.
While being financially accountable within the University and being fully aligned with UBI’s strategic plans, BSAFE LAB has scientific independence and runs according to its specific rules and triennial strategic plan, approved by its members.
BSAFE LAB executive board responds to UBI's rector and appointed vice-rector Mário Lino Raposo.
While being financially accountable within the University and being fully aligned with UBI’s strategic plans, BSAFE LAB has scientific independence and runs according to its specific rules and triennial strategic plan, approved by its members.
BSAFE LAB executive board responds to UBI's rector and appointed vice-rector Mário Lino Raposo.
Nuno M. Garcia, on behalf of University of Beira Interior
Nuno M. Garcia holds a PhD in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Beira Interior (UBI) (2008) and he is a 5-year BSc in Mathematics / Informatics also from UBI (1999-2004). He is Assistant Professor and Director of the Computer Science Engineering degree course at the University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal) and Invited Associate Professor at the School of Communication, Architecture, Arts and Information Technologies of the Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies (Lisbon, Portugal). He was a founder and is the coordinator of the Assisted Living Computing and Telecommunications Laboratory (ALLab), a research group within the Instituto de Telecomunicações at UBI. He is the coordinator of the Cisco Academy at UBI and Head of EyeSeeLab in EyeSee Lda. (Lisbon, Portugal). He is the main author of several international, European and Portuguese patents. He member of the Non-Commercial Users Constituency, a group within GNSO / ICANN. He is also a member of ACM SIGBio, ISOC and IEEE. His main interests include Next-Generation Networks, algorithms for bio-signal processing, distributed and cooperative protocols. He is Chair of the COST Action IC1303 AAPELE on Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments. |
Pedro das Neves, on behalf of IPS_Innovative Prison Systems
Pedro is the CEO of IPS_Innovative Prison Systems - a research and consulting firm specialised on justice and correctional Services - and executive director of ICJS Innovative Criminal Justice Systems Inc. - a firm incorporated in Canada, focusing on advisory, design, integration and delivery of innovative organisational and technology solutions for the criminal justice sector. He is a board director of ICPA the International Prisons and Corrections Association; board member of the BSAFE LAB Law Enforcement, Justice and Public Safety Lab of Beira Interior University; vice-president of APROXIMAR (NGO), chairing the non-profit EaSI the European association for Social Innovation; and the ethics and certification council of the Portuguese Association of Investment, Innovation, Technology and Management Professionals (ACONSULTIIP). Pedro is a member of the European Commission (‘DG JUST’) group of experts on European Judicial Training. In Latin America and the Caribbean, Pedro works with the InterAmerican Development Bank (BID) in several corrections and citizen security projects in countries such as Argentina, Brazil (Ceará, Espírito Santo, Federal, São Paulo), El Salvador, Guyana, the Bahamas, among others. Pedro holds a Sociology degree from UBI University and a MA from the College of Europe in Bruges, having as well other learning experiences in international universities. Has worked on public administration reform for 20 years, and on Criminal Justice Innovation Systems (since 2002) in different countries. Has participated in multiple justice reform workgroups and was a member of a UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) team working on the feasibility of a global prison work brand. Over the last 2 decades, Pedro has been involved in the design and implementation of innovative pilot projects lately awarded and recognised as best practices. He is the founder and editor of JUSTICE TRENDS, a magazine on innovation and best practices in prison and probation systems; founder of the Corrections Learning Academy and of Corrections.Direct. In 2017 he has was awarded with the ICPA Correctional Excellence Award. Has been invited as a guest observer to European Commission, Council of Europe and EUROPRIS meetings and as a speaker in several international events organised by the Council of Europe, EUROPRIS, ICPA (International Corrections and Prisons Association), EPEA (European Prison Education Association), COMJIB (Conference of Ministers of the Justice of the Ibero-American countries), the Inter-American Development Bank, the European Commission and governments from the different Member States. |
Pedro Pinto Lourenço, on behalf of Microsoft Portugal
Pedro is a Public Safety & National Security Lead at Microsoft Portugal. He has been developing his professional career in multinational software companies. Over the past years, he has been focused on supporting governments to develop and implement justice and public safety solutions. |